Aone van Engelenhoven (born 1962) is a Dutch linguist and anthropologist[1] who teaches at Leiden University.
He conducts research in the field of linguistics and anthropology, with a focus on smaller languages from Indonesia.
He has carried out extensive research on the languages and traditions of Maluku and East Timor.
[2] Van Engelenhoven was educated at the Leiden University, where he graduated with a master's degree in comparative linguistics in 1987.
In 2007, van Engelenhoven accidentally discovered a virtually extinct language called Rusenu while studying another endangered language from East Timor called Makuva.